Language in hand : why sign came before speech / William C. Stokoe.
Language in hand : why sign came before speech / William C. Stokoe.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
Call Numbers
N419/33
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 227 p. : ill.
Publication information
Publisher
Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
2001.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Stokoe recounts in Language in Hand how inspiration grew out of his original discovery in the 1950s and '60s that deaf people who signed were using a true language with constructions that did not derive from spoken English. This investigation calls upon decades of personal experience and published research to refute the recently entrenched claims...
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Full title
Language in hand : why sign came before speech / William C. Stokoe.
Portion of title
Why sign came before speech.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-221) and index.
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N419/33
Record Identifier
74VvkXb3PXwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvkXb3PXwX
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ISBN
156368103X :
156368103X (alk. paper)
DDC
419
MMS ID
991013902119702626
